单词拼写（每小题1分，共10分）
1.These clothes are 100%______(纯的)cotton.
2.He was too young and ______(肤浅) to understand his parents’ love.
3.Without______(暂停)we jumped into the boat with the other whalers.
4.I have to prepare tomorrow’s lessons and do some______(文书工作).
5.Please call me before you buy a new______(数码的)camera.
6.The work took a whole ______(两周)。
7.Do you want to be an______ (宇航员)in the future?
8.He returned to his ______(祖国) after graduation.
9.The other day I was showing the boys the_______(每周的) experiment.
10.Last______(十二月)we went to the Great Wall.
Do you know that men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.
The largest study of the effects of ageing(变老) on the heart has found that women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.
“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.
“Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the aging process.”
What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one’s.
“This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,” said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. “The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart,” said Goldspink.
The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.
1. The underlined word “longevity” in the second paragraph probably refers to “________”.
A．health B．long life C．ageing D．effect
2. The text mainly talks about ________.
A．men’s heart cells B．women’s ageing process、
C．the gender difference D．hearts and long life
3.According to the text, the UK scientists have known that ________.
A．women have more cells than men when they are born
B．women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat
C．the female heart loses few of the cells with age
D．women never lose their pumping power with age
4.If you want to live longer, you should ________.
A．enable your heart to beat much faster
B．find out the reason for ageing
C．exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy
D．prevent your cells from being lost
5.We can know from the passage that ________.
A．the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out
B．scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells
C．the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss
D．women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20
As you know, there are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at its announcement board. Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses. Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking workers.
Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craig list Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craig list says that it receives two million new job listings each month.
Another useful way to find a job is through a college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute (降落伞)?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career since it was first published in nineteen seventy.
Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources to help them find the right job.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A．Finding a job.
B．College students’ part-time jobs.
C．Craig list Web site.
D．The relation between study and work.
2.By logging on the Craig list Web site, you can ______.
A．sell your old things
B．do some shopping online
C．create your own announcement board
D．get useful information about 450 cities
3.“What Color is Your Parachute?” is a book which gives tips to those who want to______.
A．work on the airplane B．buy a parachute
C．publish a book D．find a suitable job
4.It can be learned from the passage that ______.
A．companies often put job information in local shops
B．the Internet is the most popular tool for job hunters in the USA
C．Susan W. Miller’s company is helping people choose careers
D．California Career Services mainly serves university students
5.How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the passage?
A．Three. B．Four. C．Five. D．Six.
Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably(好客).
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
1.The writer of this passage must be ______.
A．an American B．a Chinese C．a professor D．a student
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
3. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A．warmly welcomed at the airport
B．offered a ride to his home
C．treated hospitably at his home
D．treated to dinner in a restaurant
4. The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A．strict with time B．serious with time
C．careful with time D．willing to spend time
5. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A．Friendships between Chinese
B．Friendships between Americans
C．Americans’ hospitality
D．Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships
完型填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
The last day of the final examination arrived. In a large eastern university, on the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few 26. On their faces was confidence. This was their 27 exam—then on to graduation and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they 28 get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt 29 and able to take control of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) 30 task, as the professor had said they could bring 31books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not 32 each other during the test.
33 they entered the classroom. The professor handed out the papers. And smiles 34 on the students’ faces as they found there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed 35 the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the 36 faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all five questions?” 37 a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hand.
“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished 38 .”But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 39 ,” he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are 40 many things about the 41 you don’t know. These questions you could not answer are relatively common in 42 practice.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all 43 this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education had just 44 .”
The years have weakened the name of the professor, but not the 45 he taught.
1. A．seconds B．minutes C．hours D．days
2. A．only B．first C．very D．last
3. A．would B．must C．had to D．used to
4. A．glad B．ready C．sorry D．nice
5. A．interesting B．necessary C．easy D．unusual
6. A．no B．either C．any D．some
7. A．listen to B．look at C．care for D．talk to
8. A．Hardly B．Happily C．Quickly D．Carefully
9. A．appeared B．changed C．failed D．stopped
10. A．then B．as C．before D．after
11. A．pleased B．worried C．surprised D．moved
12. A．Not B．Once C．Only D．Even
13. A．all B．none C．one D．it
14. A．wondered B．enjoyed C．hated D．expected
15. A．even B．already C．so D．still
16. A．exam B．subject C．question D．college
17. A．every day B．yearly C．everyday D．monthly
18. A．pass B．fail C．take D．start
19. A．begun B．completed C．failed D．succeeded
20. A．subject B．things C．words D．lessons
Li was beaten in the contest, ______ had been expected.
A．what B．that C．as D．who
